Ok here's the problem, My dad has an 89 Dodge Shadow with a non turbo 2.2 4 cyl, It's automatic. I took the car in the garage to change the front tires, After I was done, I put the car in reverse, It went into gear and wouldn't move!!!!! I put it in neutral, I can't push it!! I put it in drive and it wouldn't move there either!!!!!!!!!!!! It goes into gear and there is nothing in front of or in back of the car, It worked fine b4 I took it into the garage to change the tires. What's going on here?? There's no grinding or nothing, The car just won't budge. QUICK REPLYS

 

Parking brake, wheel chocks or it's still on the jack? hehe

 

Make sure the e-brake isn't on. It's an easy mistake to make.

 

differant wheels? wrong BS?

 

BS = backspacing. Did you switch the fronts to the rear, and the rears to the front?

 

Or, since we all know the Dogge FWD cars have such a FINE braking system, is one of the rotors not seated squarely against the drive hub flange? That would effectively lock a front wheel just like having the wrong backspacing and binding.

 

That happened to me once at one shop. The car was drivable but the steering arms reamed out a bunch of aluminum from the inside of my rims and got pushed all out of whack. Took about a full day of work to un-do the damage that was done in a few minutes. No cost to me fortunately.

 

Sorry, I had to stop in , this has to be his first technical post, for those that don't know he's caused a lot of trouble on the str race board.

 

Is this the 175HP or 210HP model Shadow?

 

a 2.2 NA shadow with 175hp??? no way, i bet it's no more than 120

 

(It's a joke. Hang around the street racing board for a bit, or do a search on him, and you'll know what I mean. )

 

gotcha

 

Found the problem, The rim was to deep and was stuck on the rotor, There by.......Pushing the caliper in, The front wheels weren't going anywhere, Gotta change the rims, Damnit

 

So are you to rice your Dad's car?

 

I ain't ricing my dad's car, He needed new tires on so I bought him so white lettered tires and put them on but the rim was bad, This thread started out by me asking a question and so far it's a ****en flame fest

 

I was just kidding. Did you have a shop mount tires on new rims or are you putting the tires on the rims yourself?

 

It's ok, I was mounting them myself and I didn't know the rims were too deep

 

Camaro 86,

Well, not really. There was only one response that might have even been marginal, and it wasn't really a "flame".

You had a lot of good responses that were right on the money. We're glad you found the problem and there was no major damage. The offsets of the 16" ThirdGen wheels have a similar shift from front to rear, so it isn't uncommon, and I'll bet a lot of the people here have done the same thing.

FWIW, I had the same thing happen with aftermarket wheels on a Fiero, except on the rear. They have some "exceptional" brakes as well, so any damage could really only be an improvement.

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Mark/U-Train/Fyre,

Cut the guy a little slack, please. I see what you mean by the posts on other boards, but he's following the rules as far as I can see, and it's a completely legitimate post on this board.

Thanks. Once we get to know him a little better, then we'll start jerking his chain a little. By then he'll know we're only just kidding and it's all in good fun.

 

heh, my rims must be dumb *** proof :P my front ones say FRONT on the inside of the rim and my rear ones have REAR on them...